Check out the 2012 Pro Team Page at www.Freebord.com/Team or click on the rider’s image below to view his page.

Good luck to everyone who sent us a video. We’ll be getting back to each of you individually to let you know our decision before the team is announced.

Stay tuned for the Pro Team announcement and video compilation set to drop in the next few weeks.

In the meantime, check out some highlights from last year’s big Cali trip.

Get ready for a great season!!!

Go to www.Facebook.com/WearAHelmet4ST, like the page and take the helmet pledge. In return for your pledge we’ll mail you a free 4ST decal to rock on your helmet in support of helmet awareness.

Wear a Helmet 4ST is part of an ongoing effort to get all riders, not just freeborders, to wear a helmet and we encourage you to share the 4ST page with your friends and get them to take the pledge.

We appreciate your support and hope our combined efforts will help encourage all riders to start wearing a helmet.

Here’s how it works:

• Put together a 2 minute edited highlight reel that shows us what you got (make sure you highlight all aspects of your riding). We want your best raw riding clips sequenced together into a 2 minute max video. You can use clips we have already seen from this year or new footage.
• We will be looking 100% at the quality of your riding, not your editing – so your video should showcase your best riding clips. This is not a concept video. You can add music if you want or keep the audio raw – your call – but no effects otherwise.
• For reference, check out last year’s team submissions. This is the level of riding you should be aiming for.
• Upload your video to any video hosting site (Vimeo, Youtube, etc.) and email the link toteam@freebord.com.
• We will only accept one video per rider.
• All videos are due by December 31, 2011. No late submissions will be considered.

We will announce the 2012 team in January. If you are selected to the team, your submission video will be the first video that we use for your team section on our website.

Good luck!

Here’s a little taste of the action for those who couldn’t make it and those who need help remembering how much fun they had.

Check out the videos to see all the nominees and the winners.

Rookie of the Year: Chris Jordan (USA)

Standout of the Year: Tyler Murgo (USA)

Best Submitted Video

• BSV Sam Trowbridge Award: Darren Baca (USA)
• Best Riding Award:Arnaud Blin (France)
• Best Film Making Award: Darren Baca (USA)

Rider of the Year: Nicco Gaillard (France)

Each year we like to recognize those riders who are helping to push our sport. 2011 has been great for progression as we’ve seen new-comers and veterans alike killing it all year. Here are the nominees for the 2011 Rider Awards:

Rookie of the Year 2011:
Riders who have come up on the scene in the past year/ year and a half

• Chris Jordan (USA)
• Bruno Etchevery (France)
• Alexander Mauz (Chris)

Rider of the Year 2011:
Veteran riders who are killing it more than ever

• Mike Hoppe (USA)
• Nico Gaillard (France)

Thank you everyone who submitted this year! Winners will be announced at the FRA party on Saturday, October 15th.

First and foremost we have to thank everyone who submitted a video this year. We had a bunch of riders come through with some great edits and we definitely had our work cut out for us narrowing down the list.

The top 10 videos below have all been sent to the judges and now it’s their turn to decide the winners. In case you forgot, here’s a reminder of the awards and prizes up for grabs this weekend at the FRA’s.

PRIZES:
BSV Sam Trowbridge Award
For the best overall video based on riding, production and entertainment value.
-1st Place : $300 Freebord Store Credit + $500 cash
-2nd Place : $150 Freebord Store Credit + Contour GPS Camera
-3rd Place : Contour GPS Camera

Best Riding Award
For the video that shows the hardest shredding.
-Prize : $300 Freebord Store Credit

Film Making Award
For the best cinematography, editing, creativity and originality.
-Prize : $300 cash

And finally, here are your 2011 Top 10 Best Submitted Videos — in no particular order.

Arnaud Blin – France
Corey Lucero – USA
Daniel Vega – USA
Darren Baca – USA
David Gault – France/ Reunion Island
Jordi Puig Ribas – Spain
Pierra Linckenheld — Switzerland
Sylvain Chedotal – France
Thomas Lize — Switzerland
Tyler Murgo – USA

It’s all up to the judges now…
Chris Long: Three-time Emmy Award-winning producer, Senior VP, DirectTV Entertainment
Steen Strand: Inventor Freebord, co-founder Freebord Mfg.
Bayard Winthrop: Co-founder Freebord Mfg.
Andy Wright: Senior Photographer Transworld Snowboarding
Seton O’Connor: Producer and co-host, Dan Patrick TV/Radio Show

Thanks again to everyone who submitted a video. If you can’t make it to the FRA’s check back in next week to see who won. For everyone else, we’ll see you this weekend!